Comments on: Oren Smears J Street–Again

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:31:00 +0000

That’s right, he’s a neighbor of sorts of yours. Let me know privately if you know other information about him.

By: Shirin

Shirin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:42:56 +0000

PS Don’t get me started on Akiva Tor.

By: Shirin

Shirin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:40:13 +0000

Michael Oren did not begin lying when Netanyahu took office, or when he became ambassador. He’s had years and years of practice.

By: Shirin

Shirin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:01:50 +0000

“Oren has not only taken the gloves off, he’s taken leave of truth”

Michael Oren, like any Israeli government official, took leave of truth long before now. I can’t remember the last time I heard him speak anything but the standard-issue Israeli government lies.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:38:00 +0000

It confirms my suspicion that the country of Israel suffers from collective neurosis, namely, paranoia. Some of us are quite weary of Israeli special interest groups permeating our political system. The ADL is an organization with a sleazy, criminal past, but that doesn’t seem to bother the IDF. Many consider the ADL to be a hate group (I mostly share that opinion, except that I think they do a fairly good job of keeping tabs on white supremacist organizations). Seeing Glenn Greenwald on their sh*t list was both laughable and outrageous because he is another important watchdog who upholds an honorable journalistic tradition, that being, report the truth even if it’s ugly.

I recently saw an article in Haaretz saying the IDF was forming a special hasbara unit that will do its propagandizing on the internet. Any truth to this?

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:29:03 +0000

I took the liberty of making a contribution to the library.

I really am a little incensed by Oren’s loose-lipped criticism of a group that not only has the right to exist in the US but also acts as a watchdog against another interest group, or set of interest groups, and this was a long time coming. It is highly inappropriate for a foreign ambassador to try to influence the internal politics of the US, but I guess he thought AIPAC was falling down on the job and personally stepped in.

And I think, to set the record straight, a correction should be issued as to the slanderous and outrageous statement being made about J Street being funded by terrorists. It’s a slanderous gutter remark and should be publicly retracted.

By: michael

michael — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:45:33 +0000

Mary: My point is that both Oren and the ADL are resembling each other a little too much these days.

What’s new? When I served in the Israeli army’s hasbarah unit many moons ago, the general commanding the unit would receive faxes direct from Abe Foxman. There was constant communication between the ADL and the Israeli army’s PR team.

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DICKERSON3870 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:03:05 +0000

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